From the ‘Odd Affidavit’ Department – the story of why Clayton Thomas tried to eat pine cones & thought he could go back in time. Hint: marijuana metabolites, amphetamine, methamphetamine, and dextromethorphan are all involved, allegedly, per the MNPD.

You may have seen this accident a few weeks ago on the news, on July 13th, where a car inexplicably ran of the road and burned to a crisp. What you don’t know is the story behind the story, as the details have only just been released by the Metro Nashville Police Department. In the affidavit, obtained by East Nashville News, we finally learned of what really happened to cause this accident, and conflicting statements from the accident victim, Clayton C Thomas. The affidavit reads like a story from a science fiction novel, here are some of the more colorful remarks – from a gentleman that believes he is a future Mayor of Nashville:

First arriving officers reported Mr. Thomas was making off the wall statements, attempting to eat a pine cone, and yelling “Rewind, Rewind” while flopping his broken ankle

The next day at the hospital, Thomas stated he was with a friend and consumed about 1/2 shot of vodka to go along with some marijuana he smoked.

Mr. Thomas stated while he was driving he began meditating and believed if he went fast enough he could take off flying and would slow down if it did not work

When the officer inquired about the “Rewind” statements, Mr. Thomas believed if he were to holler “Rewind” it could make it like it never happened.

Toxicology results show Mr. Thomas had marijuana metabolites, amphetamine, methamphetamine, and dextromethorphan in his system.

Here’s the full text of the affidavit:

Mr. Clayton Thomas was the driver of a vehicle involved in a single vehicle crash. First arriving officers reported Mr. Thomas was making off the wall statements, attempting to eat a pine cone, and yelling “Rewind, Rewind” while flopping his broken ankle. I was dispatched to the scene for the investigation of the crash. Mr. Thomas was already transported and I was able to speak to him the next day at the hospital about what occurred. Mr. Thomas stated he was with a friend and consumed about 1/2 shot of vodka to go along with some marijuana he smoked. Mr. Thomas stated while he was driving he began meditating and believed if he went fast enough he could take off flying and would slow down if it did not work. I inquired about the “Rewind” statements and he stated he did remember that also. Mr. Thomas believed if he were to holler “Rewind” it could make it like it never happened. Mr. Thomas also believed the paramedics were his guardian angels. Based on the information provided, I obtained a search warrant to get the blood the hospital drew when Mr. Thomas 1st arrived. Toxicology results show Mr. Thomas had marijuana metabolites, amphetamine, methamphetamine, and dextromethorphan in his system.

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Since Clayton Thomas had spent a considerable amount of time in the hospital since the accident, including several surgeries and a foot amputation, the charges were just recently filed, and he was arrested on Tuesday, where he was released a few hours later via Pre-Trial Services. His next appearance date will be September 8th, to answer the official charge of DUI.

What makes this story even more interesting is how Clayton views the incident, stating in a recent Facebook post: “ I got taken to jail last night in my wheelchair. Horrid but i just had to smile and the cops were nice. It stems from my crash. I am by no means perfect but i was not under the influence during my wreck, that said my blood wasn’t clean.” – We’re not quite sure how your blood could test positive for all of those things, and legally be considered ‘under the influence’, yet consider yourself to not be under the influence despite admitting your blood wasn’t “clean”. We anticipate the judge not being clear on this point or distinction, either.

In speaking with some close friends of Clayton Thomas, we have learned he has been active in the drug & alcohol recovery community, and boasted about his clean time – which doesn’t correlate to his toxicology results, but could be the reason he states he “wasn’t perfect” on his facebook post. Other facebook posts provided by his friends indicate he is planning on using this “experience” as profit and support himself going forward as a motivation speaker, among other ideas. We are told that Thomas is or was in nursing school, but a DUI conviction with the toxicology results above make a future in that profession questionable.

“I haven’t shared this with many people and didn’t on a public forum because I was afraid people would think that I had lost my sanity, was lying or worse think both. I can’t really hold it in though. So the night of my wreck I was driving to get things off my mind because I find driving comforting (not sure about that now lol). Moving on, I said a prayer I would say about 5 minutes or less before my wreck. I said aloud in my car, “God if you really exist then show me with a sign that is so unbelievable it wouldn’t easily be explained by science. God lift my car from the ground or something of that nature so I know you are there.” ”

“In closing, I was sober at the time of the wreck, but in a time of great stress did make the mistake of going home with the wrong guy and partaking in a self harming action i wouldn’t do again, but let me make it clear that was long before the wreck I was fine to drive although may have been speeding and no it wasn’t a suicide attempt which I was asked by psych. I responded “umm i worked in a hospital 2 years and as a counselor for 10. If i was ever going to off “myself it wouldn’t be by driving into a power poll with my seatbelt on! and i laughed.

While we can’t judge what really happened on that fateful day – we can tell you what the public records show, and that’s the affidavit from the Nashville Police Department – and Clayton’s own admission that his blood wasn’t “clean” – but the words he told the officer about the pine cones, and rewind rewind, the time travel, and the guardian angels, and the marijuana, and the alcohol, well those speak for themselves.

7 Comments

Clayton ThomasAugust 23, 2016 at 12:09 pm

Hi this is Clayton who you reported about above. After reading this I would just like to say that I am 31 years old and have no prior convictions. I was a level 1 trauma meaning i was in complete shock. I now have an amputated leg and am trying to rebuild my life. The “rewind rewind” and guardian angel comments were made when my body was experiencing serious trauma.
This has been a very difficult time for my family. I personally feel like the tone of this article especially future nursing school is harsh, although i do understand it was a dramatic event. If you would like to contact me personally feel free I will leave my email below. I understand you have a job to do, although this dark shadow of one night after a particularly traumatic event that I will not disclose is not the person I am or who those who love me know me to be. I do not have any intention on profiting from this event. My intention for motivational speaking was to help those who have gone through trauma. The gofundme page was prior the the car wreck and I am not taking that money either as the issue has been resolved. I try to live my life with optimism and love and hope others do their best to do the same.

Hey! Last time I checked the only person that was seriously hurt in this accident was Clayton. Dude lost his foot, some ppl lost power for a few hours. So why don’t you leave him alone and use your detective skills on something that can benefit society not make someone who is already going through a lot feel worse. You never know ppls past dude, and why ppl do what they do or what’s been done to them. Your ignorance is this article makes it ring harsh and frankly, creepy stalkerish.

Marie! Thank you so much for your kind defense. I don’t know what type of person could read this article and feel it was morally okay. I’m praying that any respectable person can see through this. It was a night where everything that could go wrong did. The point of this is that I am standing back up and although publicly I feel unjustly disrespected for web traffic. Thats fine, write more articles, watch me rise and see how far posting someone’s medical information and reporting behavior of incredibly primal behavior in an attempt to stay alive. I pray our friend here never faces half the pain i did. karma sometimes takes time but hopefully these misguided souls will write positive stories one day or report on substance.

I don’t know who hired you, or why, but your grammatical structure lacks coherence in many instances throughout your article. You give no clear indication of why your article is important for Nashvillians to know, and you have spelling errors throughout. Even if I were interested in implicating myself in a defamatory story that puts a man’s livelihood at risk (which I am not, as I consider myself a decent person), I would still cringe at the low level of journalistic integrity practiced by yourself and your employers. If I had the time, I would print this out, highlight all of the spelling errors, grammatical errors, and uselessness of information. But, not only do I not have the time, I also have no desire to help better your grasp of responsible and effective journalism.

This piece is the definition of “punching down.” It’s either an oblique salvo in some prior, here-undisclosed personal beef with Clayton, or I’m at a loss as to the point. The whole thing is frankly bizarre, not to mention cruel. If there’s not more to this, there’s something scary wrong with you guys.